Results 1-20 of 435 for at speaker:Patricia Ryan

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2020: Discussion (20 May 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I am concerned about the Defence Forces and I am interested in reversing years of neglect in underfunding. There was an underspend of €8 million at a time when the strength is at 90% of establishment and the Reserve is at 39%. Do we have any plans to make up the shortfall?

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I commend Galway woman Catherine Corless, whose tireless and painstaking work uncovered that 796 children had died in the Bon Secours mother and baby institution. I will not call it a home. She identified that there were death certificates but no burial records. The manner in which children's remains were discarded at this site was absolutely outrageous, and but for the work of Catherine...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I wish to raise the state of KDoc and the out-of-hours GP service in Kildare. On Monday evening, a constituent phoned the helpline at 6 p.m. for a sick baby. She phoned six times and she was put hold between ten and 34 minutes before being cut off. She finally got an answer at 9:49 p.m. to be told that there were no appointments left and that she would have to go to her own GP the next...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review on household income limits in order to apply for social housing will be completed; the stage at which this review is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5457/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (10 Feb 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of electric vehicle chargers installed at schools; the number installed at each school that has electric vehicle chargers installed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7408/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electric Vehicles (10 Feb 2022)

Patricia Ryan: 443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of electric vehicle chargers installed at hospitals; the number installed at each hospital that has electric vehicle chargers installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7410/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and our guests. I know we have been speaking about pensions and older people. I note that the guests spoke with Deputy Aindrias Moynihan about pensions and the three cores. Initially, that involved carers and so on. Do the witnesses agree that the current State pension level, which stands at approximately €277 per week, needs to be brought up to at...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: The Minister is currently involved in very important negotiations for the new public sector pay deal. The current public sector stability agreement is set to conclude at the end of the year. Given we are now at the midway point, will the Minister provide the House with an update on the negotiations for the new public service stability agreement?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (10 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will challenge the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform’s decision to freeze Tusla funding at to community and voluntary organisations at 18% below 2009 levels, thus reducing their ability to provide essential services to vulnerable children and families...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I was asking the same question around the dereliction at the Curragh Camp in County Kildare. I am very disappointed to hear there are no plans. The Minister says it is the policy of the Minister with responsibility for housing but previously the Department of Defence said it had engaged with Kildare County Council about a number of houses in the Orchard Park estate on the Curragh and was...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Patricia Ryan: With most hauliers with whom I speak, particularly long-haul hauliers, the issues are that they cannot pull in anywhere now. They were able to pull in at one time but they now find great difficulty in pulling in now to get their cups of coffee or have their rest time. This seems to be a major problem so I assume that at some point, we will be able to alleviate some of that.

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: ...it will have on house prices and debt levels for borrowers. Senior civil servants in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the ESRI and the Central Bank have all expressed concern at this scheme. The Minister is ignoring the advice and carrying on regardless. This is reckless and bears all the hallmarks of how Fianna Fáil did business when last in government. The Celtic...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank our guests. My question is for Mr. Gibbons and his colleagues of the ICTU. I note from his opening statement that he believes several of the proposals in chapter 9 are at odds with the general thrust of the commission's work. Given the tax expenditures he referenced, such as the entrepreneur relief, SARP etc., are of significant annual cost to the taxpayer, will he expand on why he...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Patricia Ryan: As Sinn Féin spokesperson for older people, I see at first hand the effects of the failure of this Government and previous governments to properly plan for home care and home help for the elderly. There are people in hospital now who could be at home, but because there are no staff for their fully approved home care packages they remain in hospital, putting further pressure on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Patricia Ryan: On motor taxation, if people can afford to tax their car earlier, as we are all aware, it will cost them less than if they are on a lower income and are being taxed every three months. At some point we need to do something about this because people on lower incomes are very stressed. They need to have their vehicles taxed, for obvious reasons and to avoid fines and so on, but because they...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I commend front-line workers who kept the country on its feet throughout the pandemic. Sinn Féin supports the waiving of Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, registration fees this year, as we did last year, as a way of showing gratitude for the Trojan work of nurses and midwives during the pandemic. Healthcare workers...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic Quarterly Report - Summer 2020: Economic and Social Research Institute (6 Jul 2022)

Patricia Ryan: Obviously we take it that there has been a delay because everything has slowed down due to Covid but we would expect that we would be up to date at some point and would not always be a year or two behind, which seems to be the case, so I would like to think that this would be resolved at some point. How concerned is the ESRI about the €1 in €8 we take in corporation tax and the...

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion. I thank my colleagues Deputies O'Rourke and Doherty for tabling it. Energy costs remain extortionately high for households. Frankly, it is not good enough that the Government has announced no meaningful supports for ordinary people until October. It is not good enough that energy companies enjoy excess profits at the expense of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I apologise. Can we have an assurance that a section of each roadmap and announcement of changes will consider the needs of, and include a section directed specifically at, people with underlying conditions? Obviously they are in a very bad situation at present. My next question is also for Dr. Glynn. Many parents in Kildare are fearful of sending their children back to school this...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Patricia Ryan: The Bill seeks to address an unfair situation that exists at the moment where gardaí who are maliciously injured while serving the State are placed at a severe disadvantage in comparison to civilian claimants. Currently, gardaí who sustain injuries have to apply for authorisation from the Department of Justice to seek compensation in the High Court, regardless of the scale of the...